Baselland with a deficit for the 2025 budget and savings plans
Published: Wednesday, Sep 25th 2024, 14:20
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The canton of Basel-Landschaft is expecting a deficit of 62 million francs for the 2025 budget. Finance Director Anton Lauber (center) announced cost-cutting measures in the three-digit million range to the media on Wednesday.
"We don't have a revenue problem, we have an expenditure problem," said Lauber. While tax income developed "pleasingly", expenditure increased. The main cost drivers are healthcare and education.
Based on these prospects, Lauber wants to reduce the budget by CHF 393 million between 2025 and 2028 with a financial strategy. Most of this is to be saved in transfer expenditure. In addition, jobs at the canton are to be reduced. This is to be achieved without layoffs, but by not reappointing staff, as Lauber said. He sees a savings volume of 71 million francs.
With this four-year financial strategy, the various directorates have a savings potential of over 200 million francs, the government as a whole of just under 100 million francs and the cantonal parliament of just under 42 million francs, as Lauber said.
The canton of Baselland expects to be back in the black in subsequent years. It is forecasting a surplus of CHF 9.4 million for the 2026 budget and CHF 65.3 million for 2027. For 2028, the canton is expecting a surplus of CHF 35.2 million.
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